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A TTOHNEY v UNITED STATE Patented February 2, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.-

CARL AUSTERN, OF. NEW YORK, N. Y.

COAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 751,242, dated February 2, 1904.

Application filed June 23, 1903. Serial No. 162,751. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL AUsTERN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Coats, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in garments, and has particular application to certain novel and useful improvements in coats and overcoats.

As is well known, the coats constructed by the tailors at the present time are formed of three or more pieces, assembledtogether by stitching or sewing along the seams at the juncture of the edge of the pieces, and to further stiffen the front edge of the coat and to present a neat appearance separate pieces are sewed longitudinally of the opening of the coat along the inner edges of the coat, and the buttonholes are formed by making an incision through the. material at the edge of the coat and through the material of the aforesaid strip, such buttonholes being afterward suitably stitched. Thus it will be seen that in making the coat it is necessary to do a large amount of stitching, which requires considerable time, while great difficulty is often experienced and much skill is required in so cutting the pieces that the coat when finished will present a nea appearance.

The principal object of my invention, therefore, is to provide a coat the main portion of which may be cut in one piece from a bolt of cloth material, the front edges of the garment being formed integral with the main body of the coat, 'thus obviating the necessity of cutting additional strips and sewing the same to the coat and also possessing the advantage that such integral front edges will not oiferan opportunity for dust or the like to accumulate in the garment by the ripping of the stitches.

A further object of the inventionis to provide a coat which shall form a neat-fitting garment, one which shall be made rapidly and cheaply, and one which in the course of cutting will effect a great saving in material, as the main body of the coat will be cut in one piece. Y

With the above-recited objects and others of a similar nature in view my invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the garment, as is described in this speclfication, delineated in the drawings,

and set forth in the claim.

manner of forming the buttonholes therein,

and Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken through.

the front edge of the coat and at one of the buttonholes. i

Referring now tothe accompanying drawings, A designates a piece of material from which the coat is designed to be out. As will be observed by reference to Fig. 1,- the main body portion of the garmentthat is, the en.- tire structure with the exceptionofthe sleeve and. the collaris cut from a single piece of material. The neck a, the sleeve-holes I) b, the shoulder portions 0 and cl, and the front portions e e, forming the lapel of the coat, are cut in one piece, and the outer vertical edges of the material ff are cut to extend some distance above the remaining portion of the garment, as shown at g g, and then cut or formed with a curve h it, designed to coincide with the curved portions 6 e of the lapel when the edge portions f f are folded inward at the dotted lines it, the position which such outer edge strip will occupy when folded being illustrated by the dotted lines in Figs. land 2.

Buttonholes 7' are designed to be cut in one of the strip portions f, the construction being such that when the strip is folded inward and I the lining is stitched to said strip such buttonholes will not be exposedthat is to say,

cannot be seen from the outside of the coat, but will be upon the inner edge portion thereof, as is clearly shown in Fig. 2.

The manner of folding the edge of the coat inward at the point 2' forms a smooth integral edge for the coat, as clearly seen at 70in Figs. 2 and 3, and as the lining may be sewed to this strip the coat may be rapidly and quickly assembled, as it is only necessary to stitch the garment at the shoulders, as shown at Z Z in Fig. 2, attach the sleeves to the garment, and then place the collar upon said garment, while, as above stated, in the ordinary coat a large amount of sewing and seaming is necessary. A garment formed in accordance with my improvement is very neat fitting and very durable, as there are no seams in the main body of the coat to rip or tear. Another advantage is economy in cutting the back, fore part, and facing in one piece instead of six, the expense of cutting being thereby reduced, while in making the coat there are five seams less to sew, the labor and material expended being also reduced.

My improvement avoids the use of material of varying shades of color, and having so few seams there will be very little possibility of parts of the coat ripping. The garment always presents a neat appearance and can neither swing at the front nor back, and the front edge of the coat does not require the use of a pressing-machine to thin or press down the edges, as is commonly the case, while the lining is so arranged that it will not be exposed after the coat has been in use a short time.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent A coat or analogous garment formed of a single piece of material, the longitudinal edge portions of the material being cut to extend a short distance above the top portion of the main body of the coat, each of such extended edge portions having a curved cut-away part, the construction being such that said end portions may be folded inward and under upon the main body portion of the coat, whereby the edges at the front of the coat will be seamless, the curved portions of such extensions coinciding with the lapel of the main body of the coat, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof .I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CARL AUSTERN. Witnesses:

R. B. CAVANAGI-I, JNo. M. BITTER. 

